Poverty To Paradise

Poverty to Paradise, by Rocky Mason is a story of courage, fear, deprivation and humour. There are times when you will laugh out loud and others when you will weep. It's the definitive autobiography of a man who has been there, done that and still proudly wears the T Shirt. It's an eventful life of tough childhood wartime experiences, a successful amateur boxing career of 69 straight wins in 87 fights only to move from "Gumshield to Greasepaint" and a life in showbiz working for the "Holiday Camp King," Billy Butlin. Drawing on a multitude of sources Rocky offers a compelling account of those six gruelling years 1939 - 45. Food shortages, conscientious objectors, head lice, visits of the nit-nurse, rationing, nightly air raids and his own personal experience of evacuation to an atrocious boys camp. During what was a 30 year association with Butlins, Rocky became a personal friend of almost every showbiz star in the country, many of whom have contributed to this book. . 9780992957902 0992957907 575 BOOK Biography & Autobiography NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=nr_MBgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl&source=gbs_api en

• | Author: Rocky Mason
• | Publisher: Iwm Publishing
• | Publication Date: Jun 05, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 573 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0992957907
• | ISBN-13: 9780992957902